Spring Lane, Radford Semele, Warwickshire. Archaeological Excavation (OASIS ID: oxfordar1-293632)
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Introduction
Oxford Archaeology undertook an archaeological excavation on the site of a proposed residential development at Spring Lane, Radford Semele, Warwickshire for Prospect Archaeology Ltd on behalf of AC Lloyd. The work was undertaken as a condition of Planning Permission.
The site is located on the western side of the village of Radford Semele, south-east of Leamington Spa. The area of the proposed development consisted of an area of an arable field, bounded to the north by housing along Slade Meadow and Chapman Close. The site appears to have always lain beyond the historic core of the village, which was certainly present by the time of the Domesday survey and is named after a family from Saint-Pierre-de-Semilly in Normandy.
The excavation uncovered part of a ditched boundary aligned N-S, with a return on the east side and an entrance, confirming the results of a previous geophysical survey. The features are likely to form part of a field system dating from the late Iron Age/Roman period, probably associated with an unidentified settlement located somewhere in the vicinity. The paucity of artefactual evidence suggests that the settlement was not particularly close.
